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Portbou railway station

Coordinates: 42°25′29″N 3°9′28″E / 42.42472°N 3.15778°E / 42.42472; 3.15778
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Portbou
Aerial view of the station
General information
LocationCarrer Claudi Planas
17497 Portbou
Spain
Coordinates42°25′29″N 3°9′28″E / 42.42472°N 3.15778°E / 42.42472; 3.15778
Owned byAdif
Operated byRenfe Operadora and SNCF
Line(s)
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station code79315[1]
History
Opened1878
Services
Preceding station Rodalies de Catalunya Following station
Colera R11 Cerbère
Outbound Regional (R) services only
Terminus
Colera RG1 Terminus
Preceding station TER Occitanie Following station
Terminus 22 Cerbère
23 Cerbère
towards Narbonne
25 Cerbère
towards Toulouse
Map
Location
Portbou is located in Catalonia
Portbou
Portbou
Location in Catalonia
Portbou is located in Spain
Portbou
Portbou
Location in Spain
Portbou is located in Europe
Portbou
Portbou
Location in Europe

Portbou is a railway station serving Portbou in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the Barcelona–Cerbère railway and the Narbonne–Portbou railway. The station is owned by Adif and is served by Rodalies de Catalunya regional line R11 and Girona commuter rail service line RG1 and TER Occitanie trains also serve the station.

The station is a border railway station where all trains have to stop, as those coming from/going into France have to change gauge from 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+2132 in) Iberian gauge to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge. Between Portbou railway station and Cerbère railway station in France, both track gauges run through the Balitres tunnel.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Listado de líneas y estaciones" [List of railway lines and stations] (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Government of Spain. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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